The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-03-17
SUPPLEMENT 10 FLoRTDTAN.


xs~rs Eaissrs.. According 10 promise send
-, an account of trip to Spring Creek and It's
..,ghbprhood, which small party Of US under
took last week.
tn, Marty consisted of Mrs. George Edm"n-
an Of Tallahassee, Mr.. Pattee, wife and daugh-
=, Mr. Mo,hershed, Of Rome. g a., and self.
a, Tuesday, the 9th inst, we started for
cr.vforhville, arriving in the afternoon. The
rim came down 10 torrents, giving us cause to
.,,rr.,ulate ourselves on having covered
...,,o in spite Of which we must have pre-
.rntea rather disconsolate appearance ON our
.,,;v,l Nothing could exceed the hospitality
.,a kindness we received there. Mr.. N. Walker,
II the Wakulla Times. generously placed his
h,u<e a, our disposal. AMI af'er supper, notwih-
standing the ~ neShat depressing influence OF
,he weather, we spent jnv,al evening, holding
o,ucer, veal and instrumental. ill near mid
,;rb,. having, heal les our audience indoors, .
h;ybly appreciaiive one of harkies ON the We
and, nuisi ie Mr.. Walker acted "a banj"ist,
xbile Mr.. Muthershed ON tina, occasion, as also
throughout the trip, proved an invaluable ac-
QUESTION with his violin.
The folio wing morning We started for Spring
Geek and were fortunate in making the
,cousinrance of Mr. w. II. Porter md fam
IA 4, whose farmhouse we met 'iih much
kind attention.
II beins about \ mile AN a half from the
creek. and Mr. Porter heing agreeable TO the
.rran cement, we male this our headquarters du-
ring our STAY. Besides small Tow boat, We
hsd the use OF large sailing boat, thus being en-
,lJel 10 EXPLORE, hunt and fish To Onr hearts
content. which we did with more or less success.
The oyster beds were daily visited, and goodly
sunp,y secured. A lew large gators vt the
,,,,,,,l of The creek were asorshed Ivy a salute
fr,.n 4f-l,ore Winchester rifle, AMI we believe,
sank Ia rise no more but a much more success
f,l rail was m ide the following day upon those
rr,ailes al "a small pond IN a sawgrass marsh,
where no less than seven got their quetus. Two
q, hem ~.re over ~ feet long, and so determined
w.re We Ia have such large specimens, that with
Mr. P,rIer's able assistance at Sprin! Creek we
mnunrrd bat on the body of wagon, and
10 * il to the ponl, distant fro the coast about
iLr,e nils There We dragged for The gators. and
sust-,-le,i in raising and landing n huge fellow
n.a.uring over l2i tret from snout to what WAS
l,l, .,f his tail hat having been curtae l. prob
ably in s.,lnr encounter with the other denizens
81 'he swanI's and ponds.
Judging rs measurements we made of some
o,hrr> "i the reptiles. This one must have lost At
l.a>i 4, foot IF his tnil, 80 he was monster of
aaiir a respectable SIZE Our team was stout
enough, however. la stand the additional We ght
al Li> head and lille, which We irumphanty
brought hack Ia Tallahassee. The head was
tsalt4i-nul tor Snup-but that we might extract
il,, teeth Of wHich he y!rlded fair crop
An ed ,iarky in Ta,lahassce. aslonished at
m. ,iEr Of The heal. and commenting thereon
rma.kri Ihri The gator owning such n head
had ri"Nrl up >iah !" adding that il had been
old tn"rch l." oit--hrd probably done SO many
linz. and he vote Tor great big hog ebtry
time
SIR enough. Mr.. Porter ,od US that he lost
nnm.nrs :" h"g. every season by gators. The
p.s will not take warnIny; they will root away
cir NJ 'n he running reptiles, who lie hidden
All e..vrr'd ~ The mud, ill pgge is within
rrki,s ,lslancc at HE galor's formidable tail
Hh4n hs. balls easy prey TO the v"racious
h-gr. Year hv year The gators are Dreaming
Noe !inid ard scarce. thanks 10 the efficacy uf
the aealpI,> with which war is necessarily
xagrd upa, iinIri md >uon this draw back 10